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Been following the Bearded Beast of Duloc for a while on YouTube, so I thought I'd come over here and make a training log.

Background:

My name is Allan Hale and lifting has always been a passion of mine. Since I was 11 years old and only had a 25lb dumbbell I have been lifting in some form or fashion.
I entered high school at the amazing weight of 110 pounds. When high school powerlifting (single-ply) came around (THSPA - Texas High School Powerlifting Association) I figured it would be a opportunity to get stronger and bigger. By the end of that year I was 132 pounds and my total was around 900 pounds. Sophomore year I was 148 pounds and my total was: 380/235/395 1010. Junior year 155 pounds with a 445/290/465 1200 total.
Senior year I began the season weighing 175 and cut down to 165. I competed at the state level and achieve 5th place with a total of 475/315/520 1320.
Prior to the state meet, 2 weeks before, I had injured my lower back. I had somehow manage to twist my lumbar/sacral region of my back. A lot of what was injured was around the sacral joint. I competed anyway and made personal bests all around. Although it was bittersweet, I had come such a long way. After the state meet I took sometime off, and completely took deadlifts out of my regiment. For about 4 or 5 months I didn't do much for legs at all and because of that my lifts dwindled.

Just recently I knocked some sense back into my self because I remembered my love: Lifting heavy things.

So here I am today, bringing powerlifting back into my life (with some bodybuilding of course). Hopefully to one day compete again, but the most important part is to better myself everyday.

Nice work. I like your PHAT layout. I'm probably starting it tomorrow and like how you laid it out to accommodate deadlifts

Thanks.
I just recently thought of trying this set up. When doing PHAT the original way I felt like my deadlift and squat suffered by only doing 1 ME lift that catered to just the squat or deadlift. I like this way because, as you said, it allows me to accommodate for deadlift and I get to have my "powerbuilding" fun with a quad and hamstring day.